Harry/Hermione POV

Hermione's words echoed in Harry's mind for the rest of the day. He had blown up on her because of his broken wand but while he was put side all alone, he gave serious thought to what she said.

"Maybe we should just stay here Harry. Grow old."

She had been the most constant presence in his life ever since they became friends. While Ron had deserted him time and again, Hermione was always there for him. Even in third year when he had been angry at her for turning his Firebolt in, she was present.

Maybe he should take her word, growing old with her didn't seem like such a bad idea. But was that really what she wanted? She was in love with Ron, right?

Hermione went back into the tent after Harry found out about his broken wand. She understood his anger. She would be angry if she found out her wand was broken too. What saddened her most was that she had upset him. His broken wand was her fault after all.

This thought made her uneasy. She was not used to Harry being so upset with her. Usually when there were problems in the group it was with Ron...

That was the first time in a while that she allowed herself to think of his name. Her anger had finally subsided enough for her to realize that things between them would never amount to anything else. They butted heads too much for them to ever really be happy.

Having Harry be angry at her made her feel very uncomfortable. They almost never fought, and when they disagreed, it was never this bad. She didn't want him upset at her; she was too used to his pleasant company.

This led her to her next thoughts. Harry was the only one she could truly grow old together with. They got along perfectly and knew each other better than anyone else. She thought back to her words to him earlier, "Maybe we should just stay here Harry. Grow old." Would he even want to? And if so, in what context? As friends, or more? Perhaps the better question was, what did she want?

Hermione was about to go out to talk to him and try to fix things when she heard him come into the tent. She got up from her place at the edge of her bed and was about to start explaining when Harry came up to her and kissed her full on the lips.

Ron/Pansy POV

The next morning Pansy was the first to wake up. The pain in her ankle was now only a dull reminder that it was there. She carefully got up and tried to get breakfast started while trying not to aggravate her ankle any further.

She had woken up extremely happy. Last night's conversation with Ron played back in her head and made her smile. He had said he didn't want to let her go. Maybe he was starting to feel what she felt for him. She liked him that much she was sure of. She had grown to like him in the past weeks they had spent together getting to know each other. Their time with the Snatchers had certainly given them enough time to do that.

He didn't talk much about his friends but she understood why he would not. He was on an important mission with them and he was not to reveal what they were up to. He did, however, talk about himself, even if it was at her insistance. He told her about his favorite foods, hobbies, his family life, and even his extreme devotion to the Chuddley Cannons. She shared things with him too and she felt that they had finally moved on from the petty school prejudices they had towards each other.

Last night though, he had said he didn't want to leave her, and that made her very happy.

Ron woke up much later seeing as Pansy, in her great mood, decided to let him sleep in. Something for which Ron was very thankful for. After having some lunch, Ron looked over the supplies they had gathered and found the old wireless they had gotten back at the market where they bought their supplies. It was old, but Ron hoped it would still work and they'd be able to tune into some news about the war.

While Ron fiddled with the wireless, Pansy decided to clean herself up and dress nicely. She wanted to wear the earrings Ron had gotten her. If Ron really did like her maybe they could…

Her thoughts drifted off. She wasn't sure where any of her efforts would lead. Sure she liked him, and she hoped he liked her. But what if he still liked Granger. That thought scared her the most.

After she was nice and dressed, Pansy approached Ron and saw that he had made some progress with the wireless. He had tuned into a very scratchy sounding broadcast that seemed to be giving out news. This reminded her of something she should tell Ron.

"Ron, I just remembered. Before you came to us, I mean, the Snatchers, Thorn would sit at his wireless and try to tune in to a broadcast giving news about the war but from the Order's perspective."

"Really?" he asked sounding very interested.

"You didn't know about it?"

"No. How do you tune in?"

"I think you need a password. Thorn would sit there and start muttering words to the wireless. I'm not even sure how he knew about the broadcast. I only ever heard him get to it once. The password that time turned out to be phoenix."

"It seems the password is Order related," he said excitedly. "We should try to tune in. See what's going on."

They both sat there muttering possible passwords at the wireless. It seemed impossible that they would get to it this way but Ron was insistent they try. After over an hour of trying unsuccessfully, they decided to stop for the day. They settled on a news broadcast clearly done by the Ministry of Magic but after it was over, a song by the Weird Sisters came on.

"I love this song!" Pansy got up excitedly, her ankle reminding her of its injured state.

"Hey careful there," Ron helped her balance herself. The way he held her by the waist made Pansy's heart flutter.

"Sorry," she said shyly. "I just really like this song. Would you dance with me?"

Ron looked dumbfounded by her request. "I don't dance."

"Of course you do, everyone can dance," she said taking his hand.

"I'm just…I'm really bad at it."

"Here," she said grabbing his other hand, "I'll teach you."

They danced around for a while, Pansy in the lead. Eventually Ron got the hang of Pansy's simple movements and he got braver with his own. As the song came to an end, Ron spun Pansy and she lost her footing but he managed to catch her. Their lips were so close and riding his wave of bravery, Ron bent lower until they met. It took but a moment for Pansy to react and kiss him back.

AN :O kisses all around! ;) Anyway, now that this story is coming along nicely I thought I'd give you all a rough timeline of when all of these events are happening. The trio went on the run at the beginning of August. Ron leaves the trio, I want to say sometime early in October. Harry and Hermione go to Godric's Hollow December 24th. Now it's around December 26th and Ron is supposed to meet back up with H/Hr…but for the sake of this story, I'm going to extend this just a wee bit. This will make things flow better. Well I hope that's not too confusing, but if it is just let me know.

P.S sorry for all of the line breaks!